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Progress shots of panel #1 and #2 (dragon and castle).

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Progress shots of panel #2 and #3 (castle and tree)

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Progress shots of panel #4 (closet peacock).

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Wall texture. There are 3 colors total. The darker color was the original wall color. I used wadded up plastic bags to sponge on a medium color and a lighter color (the tan mixed with some white). I think it took about 7hrs to do in total.

Wall texture. Th...

Three panels taped out, ready for painting. I taped out the arches so that I can paint evenly right over the lines (want the paint to eventually look like colored glass does --with the streaks of color). When the mural is done I am going to paint a 2 inch band around the arch the same color as the woodwork.

Three panels tap...

The initial sketching of the design. This is only in the initial stages of laying out color and I've got a long, long way to go. This was the first day of work on the mural.

The initial sket...

More of day 1 with the initial layout.

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More of day 1 with the initial layout. Brian Froud was the inspiration for the fairies.

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More of day 1 with the initial layout.

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More of day 1 with the initial layout.

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More of day 1 with the initial layout.

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More of day 1 with the initial layout. Many people did not see the dragon when looking at the early versions of the painting.

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More of day 1 with the initial layout.

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At this point I had no clue what her final colors would really be. It was going to depend on what the background behind her looked like.

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More of day 1 with the initial layout. Same as the other but I did know he was going to wear a mushroom hat.

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More of day 1 with the initial layout.

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More of day 1 with the initial layout.

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Next day of color blocking. Started some sky and water. Filled in some of the tree panel.

Next day of colo...

The closet doors with the just the basic outlines sketched out.

The closet doors...

Started blocking out the colors for peacock, birds, lilies and frog (on closet).

Started blocking...

More color blocking.

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More color blocking.

More color block...

More color blocking.

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More color blocking.

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